About this Product: Floral wire is one of the basic floral materials needed when creating fresh or silk floral or flower arrangements. It comes in a variety of different gauges, is usually made from aluminum, and can come in array of colors. The most basic floral wire is precut into 18in. pieces and come in aluminum’s natural silver, often referred to as the color bright, or a painted dark hunter green. Floral wire comes in a variety of thicknesses measured in gauges; higher the gauge number the thinner and more flexible the wire is. This floral wire is 18in. precut pieces of 16 gauge wire, which means it is a thicker wire with less flexibility. It is ideal for attaching sturdy items such as garlands, branches, and heavier floral bouquets to center pieces, arches, and arbors. It is also painted a dark hunter green to help blend in with floral arrangements.